Museums in Texas

One of the largest historical collections on Texas and the American West.

This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.

The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.

A replica of a Dutch windmill in honor of those who settled in the region from the Netherlands.

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.

A rattlesnake museum showcasing over 30 species, in a century-old building that used to be the general store in this tiny West Texas town.

An Americana dreamscape.

Located in the place where the Columbia space shuttle came down, a museum-memorial that is both touching and informative.

A small museum dedicated to the king of Western swing.

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.

Home to a full-scale replica of the Ezekiel Airship, an aircraft that allegedly flew in 1902—a year before the Wright brothers took to the skies over Kitty Hawk.

This small museum tells the story of Fort Worth's first and largest superstore.

Its collection is a sweet reminder of the shuttered factory.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.